Fatadelic

Part 1 and Part 2

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There’s been a lot of hooha recently (as reported by Sandy and others) about the parents of fat kids being guilty of everything from irresponsibility and negligence, right through to child abuse. Not to mention all the ongoing OMG! Obesity Crisis! drama that centers around preventing kids from “dropping dead of a heart attack at 10″ - involving weighing kids, mandating exercise programs, constant ‘education’ about ‘eating right’ and what not. Somehow this is all framed as for the good of the kids mental health, as well as their physical health.

I wasn’t always fat. I have the photos to prove it. Prior to starting school, I was a petite child - possibly even underweight. I don’t really remember being that thin child. Not really. I don’t remember my transition from thin (acceptable) to fat (not acceptable).

Continue reading ‘Me and My Scales - Part 3: The Fat Kid’

Just in time for Australia Day, an Australian Bureau of Statistics study has found that Australians are getting fatter and that we are becoming more likely to see that as acceptable. This is, of course, A BAD THING.

Continue reading ‘Australians are fatter than ever & (oh no!) they think it’s OK!’

No doubt my my idiot co-worker is among the men who are fuming because of the new ‘No means No’ laws that are coming into effect on Tuesday 1/1/2008 in NSW, Australia.

Cara at The Curvature sums it up rather nicely:

So basically, men in NSW can no longer legally “believe” there has been consent with absolutely no basis for doing so. Unless they want to risk rape charges, they now actually have to make sure that the women they’re fucking want to fuck them back. They’ll have to do horrible things like communicate with their sexual partners and stop to find out what’s wrong when a woman is not actively engaging with and responding to their advances. They’ll be forced to ruin the romance by saying totally unsexy things like “do you want me?” and “do you like that?” instead of just shoving it in and grunting and thrusting away like there’s not another person there.

In short, a legislative body has finally decided that men deserve to be held to the standards of basic ethics and humanity. And a large section of men are mightily upset about that.

And now, of course, we have to wait and see how the law will actually be applied in court and whether it will result in more rapists being found guilty. We can only hope.

This incident took place a few months ago, but provides another example of the rampant misogyny within my team at work. The context is a discussion about the declining number of women in our team and how we are treated (we are now about three women to 12 men) and recent hiring practices.

Male Colleague: Well, you know… it makes sense not to hire women. They are more unstable, aren’t they?

Continue reading ‘Another example of sexism in my workplace’

The conversation quoted below occurred at work today.

And yes, it did contribute to my I Hate Men post. Why do you ask?

(What is below the fold is potentially triggering).
Continue reading ‘Attitudes to rape: an AAARRGGGH! moment’

We are all too familiar with the negative connotations of the word ‘fat’, since it is used constantly to revile people, mainly women, who may or may not actually be fat.

But never fear. We aren’t going there today.

Today’s exercise is to get Fatadelic on the word, with a little assistance from Mr Roget.

Continue reading ‘A page full of positive synonyms of ‘fat’’

Just in case we weren’t seeing enough of the Irwin clan, Robert (’Baby Bob’ of crocodile dangling fame) is also being used to promote Australia Zoo and related concerns. I mean, we wouldn’t want him to be jealous of all the attention Bindi is getting, what with her TV show, DVDs and range of clothing.

Continue reading ‘Bindi can’t have ALL the fun’